NAME

tlog-play.conf - tlog-play configuration file

DESCRIPTION

tlog-play.conf is a JSON-format configuration file for tlog-play program. Contrary to the strict JSON specification, both C and C++ style comments are allowed in the file.

The file must contain a single JSON object with the objects and fields described below. Some of them are optional and assume a default value. Those that do require a value can still be omitted and specified to tlog-play via command-line options.

OBJECTS AND FIELDS

Root object

reader (string): The type of "log reader" to use for retrieving log messages. The chosen reader needs to be configured using its own dedicated parameters.
One of: "file", "journal", "es"
Default: "file"
file (object): File reader object, see below.
es (object): Elasticsearch reader object, see below.
journal (object): Systemd journal reader object, see below.
persist (boolean): If true, ignore any keyboard-generated signals and the quit key.
Default: false
lax (boolean): If true, ignore missing (dropped, or lost) log messages. Otherwise report an error and abort when a message is missing.
Default: false

file - File reader object

path (string): The path to the file the "file" reader should read logs from.
No default.
match (string): The recording id of the recording the "file" reader should seek to for playback.
No default.

es - Elasticsearch reader object

baseurl (string)

The base URL to request Elasticsearch through. Should not contain query (?...) or fragment (#...) parts.

No default.

query (string)

The query string to send to Elasticsearch

No default.

verbose (boolean)

If true, enable verbose output on Elasticsearch HTTP client.

Default: false

EXAMPLES

A configuration specifying only the reader:

{
    "reader": "file"
}

A configuration specifying Elasticsearch reader, along with the base URL.

{
    "reader": "es"
    "es" : {
        "baseurl": "http://localhost:9200/tlog/tlog/_search"
    }
}

AUTHOR

Nikolai Kondrashov <spbnick@gmail.com>